Where: South Sudan (9.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 22.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zarga-Ghazal Formation (Darfur Group), Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric
Primary reference: J. M. Cole, O. Babiker Abdelrahim, A. W. Hunter, E. Schrank, and M. S. Bin Ismael. 2017. Late Cretaceous spore-pollen zonation of the Central African Rift System (CARS), Kaikang Trough, Muglad Basin, South Sudan: angiosperm spread and links to the Elaterates Province. Palynology 41:547-578 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199958: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Angiospermae | |
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Longapertites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
Mauritiidites crassibaculatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm | |
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Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe | |
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Proteacidites sigalii Boltenhagen 1978 | |
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Tubistephanocolpites cylindricus Salami 1984 milkwort | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
|
Triorites "sp. A" Couper 1953 | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Retitricolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964 | |
| Nyssapollenites | |
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Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937 | |
| Monocolpopollenites | |
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Monocolpopollenites spheroidites Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
| Scabratriporites | |
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Scabratriporites simpliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966 | |
|
Callimothallus sp. Dilcher 1965 | |
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Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958 | |
| Chomotriletes | |
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Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970 | |